Photographer's Note

Another house in ruins in the village of Patacão. In the beginning, when they moved to this river, the Avieiros worked and lived on their boats, then they started building their wooden houses on stilts, because of the river floods, with roofs made of straw and cane. Their houses are now a little different, but the houses we find in this village are still simple like this one. It's hard to imagine how many stories these walls have witnessed as the Avieiros had a really hard life.

The Avieiros are called this way because most part of them came from Vieira de Leiria, were fishermen who were forced to leave their homes along the coast and settled along the Tagus river because this river was safe and here they could fish the whole year, something that was impossible on the coast, where they had to spend many winter days without fishing . This migration happened in the 19th and 20th centuries, when they settled in little villages of humble wooden houses on stilts along the Tagus river. Today it’s still possible to find several of these villages and several entities are trying hard to preserve this unique culture of the Avieiros, who were called “the gypsies of the river” by Alves Redol, a Portuguese writer who wrote about them. Most part of the original houses have already disappeared because of the materials used in the construction and most part of the ones we can find in these villages are now a little different, but these villages and this culture are really interesting . I know several already and I’d like to visit the rest.

Hello Ana,
very picturesque subject,although devastated.
I like to admire how excellently you were able to bring out textures and colors of this old wood.
Also the close-up view works well with the photographed subject.
Magnificent composition!

Lovely note, Ana ~
as layered and interesting as this wood you have photographed.
I too love staring at old buildings like this, especially the wooden ones, and imagining what they they have seen, what stories lie inside. There are actually some like this in my own neighborhood.
In your photograph, we have a small window into the inside, but what lies within is still a mystery, which makes this photograph even more evocative.
Nicely seen :)
Kristin

Ola Ana ,
This old door has a lot of charm . An excellent subject , well captured in a natural way .
I try to do a WS with a tighter framing and an oversaturation . But this is another picture .
Best regards

HI Ana,beautiful close-up on this very old,abandoned and damnaged door,i like your research of the minimalistic details,great cut and nice colors too whit all the signs of the time.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

Hello Ana,
This wall bears witness of hard times not so long ago. It's a bit sad to watch the decay and imagine how people lived here before, but the decay also has an undeniable beauty. The colours and textures of this rough wood and its faded paint is fantastic. It's an artistic and very well balanced composition.
Kind regards,
Gert

Sorry for my late reply as usual.
Another greatly appealing and notstalgic image!
Nice your good and keen attention to the usual object from your own original point. Tasteful color touch is also hihly apprecaited.
Thanks a lot for your sharing, and have a good day! Takero

Hi Ana
I like the cool colour combination, it has enough detail that you can see some of the imperfection and clearly evidence of old in the wooden framework. This photo looks great which really brings out all the different textures, matured colour, layers and ages I like how the clarity of the image has withstood the crop so well, a nicely done shot, Congrats
Best regards

Hi Ana,
Excellent old door detail photo with well balanced colors, perfect light, very good clarity. I like the arrangement in vertical portrait will all the small details. Lot of history behind this. Well seen and captured.
Greetings
Miro

I really like this particular series of photos, there's so much vivid texture and rustic colors to admire with this well executed and detailed imagery. Each picture carried its own character and interpretation quite well. These are always intriguing types of subjects...if only these old and worn buildings could speak, I'm sure they'd have a lot of interesting stories to tell. :) Have a great weekend. take care.